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‘You really wantThat he felt the same way she did

‘Oh, I want you’ He dipped his head to kiss the hollow of her collarbone ‘Se thelo I want you so much, Maddie You blow my mind’

Pleasure rippled down her spine She affected him that much?

Then again, she reacted in exactly the same way to him

She reached out and undid the buttons of his shirt Slowly, achingly slowly, savouring every moment until she pushed the soft cotton off his shoulders ‘You’re beautiful, too’

He smiled at the whimsy ‘Can a man be beautiful?’

‘Oh, yes’ Her nod was emphatic ‘And you are’ He wasn’t lean and skinny, but he wasn’t fat either—just beautifully toned, with powerful shoulders and strong biceps and narrow hips and strong thighs He really did look like a Greek god, one of the statues carved lovingly by sculptors in ages past And the contrast between his olive skin and her own very fair English complexion made her shiver with pleasure

He responded by sliding the straps of her bra off her shoulders and kissing the bare skin he’d revealed before unsnapping her bra and letting it fall to the floor between them Then he dropped to his knees and teased her with his hands and his lips and his tongue, stroking her skin and kissing her until she was quivering

And then it was her turn to touch hiertips skate over his pectorals and down over his abdo his belt and the button of his trousers

‘My beautiful, beautiful Maddie,’ he whispered, and unzipped her skirt

She’d thought that if their control ever did snap and theyeach other’s clothes off, desperately needing, wanting each other so badly that they couldn’t wait But this slow, deliberate exploration of each other’s bodies was eventhe ti the texture with their fingertips, discovering where a touch would make the other shiver with pleasure and where a kiss could elicit a little involuntary murmur of desire

When they’d finally finished reainst hers He teased her lips open so he could deepen the kiss, then he picked her up and laid her against the soft down pillows He stroked her cheek, then kissed his way down her body; he paid attention to the curve of her inner elbow, the soft undersides of her breasts, discovering erogenous zones she’d had no idea existed And then he started again from the hollows of her ankles and worked his way upwards, feathering kisses against her skin until she was quivering and parting her thighs

‘Theo Please I need…’ she whispered, sliding her hands into his hair

The first touch of his ainst her sex made her shiver The second made her breath hitch And when he circled her clitoris with his tongue she couldn’t suppress an ‘Oh’ of pleasure